Sara Gideon, Maine's Democratic House Speaker, To Run Against Senator Susan Collins

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Sara Gideon, Maine’s Democratic House Speaker, To Run Against Senator Susan Collins
T
he GOP senator faces intense backlash from state Democrats and abortion rights activists over her vote for Brett Kavanaugh.

By Hayley Miller and Kevin Robillard

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/susan-collins-democratic-challenger-sara-gideon_n_5d029422e4b0304a120bf5de?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaHVmZnBvc3QuY29tLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMRW3tSC3ptdPEnwtmrgLvzDFyRlA48SL5_fQ2tejw9bJMI_gs91kpeil-5-2FcSGBzQU2O4gNbz7gFkybBThxB92peYSueaBu0kF6f_flYi_E5A4dLxDhyIKsfObtB_odHa8IDud1sgDOv08xaMATYH5azCwatOmh2QTtKRCcLa

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“Maine deserves a champion in the US Senate,” Gideon wrote in a Facebook post at the time. “After November I will be seriously considering how I can elevate the voices of people who deserve and demand to be heard and represented in Washington, DC.”

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Earlier this week, Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed a bill sponsored by Gideon that expands access to abortion in the state by allowing health care professionals who are not doctors ― such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants ― to perform the procedure.

Gideon is a graduate of George Washington University and the daughter of an Indian immigrant father and a second-generation Armenian American mother.

Two other Democrats have formally announced 2020 bids against Collins. Betsy Sweet, who ran and lost in the Democratic primary for Maine governor last year, said that she’s running on Thursday. Bre Kidman, a lawyer and the first openly non-binary U.S. Senate candidate in the country, filed to run in April.

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[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. 3.8 million raised so far

Fund Susan Collins' Future Opponent

$3,809,642
From 129,467 donations on Crowdpac

https://www.crowdpac.com/campaigns/387413/fund-susan-collins-future-opponent

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5. I'm pleasantly eurprised!

[lindysalsagal]

2. My check is in the mail.

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3. Gideon looks like a winner vs Collins

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6. She seems like a winner to me, too.

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7. Collins can't run from her record and Gideon can hammer her on that for the entire election

season and in debates. I would thing trump's tariff antics aren't playing well in Maine at all. Keep tying trump to GOP candidate

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8. Collins screwed up. she allowed herself to be fooled by "Conservatives". They won't support ...

her either. They'll primary her again. We just need every single seat we can take and this one could very well be ours.

[JustAnotherGen]

4. Excellent!

She's young, vibrant and looks right out of Central Casting. Donating next weekend!